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‘Where Are the Jobs?’ See David Axelrod Heckled By Protesters During Speech in Boston

The Obama campaign has continued its focus on the record of presumptive general election opponent Mitt Romney, rather than the president’s first term achievements. After spending several weeks looking to build momentum in scrutinizing Romney’s career at Bain Capital, the reelection campaign has now put the spotlight on their opponent’s one term as Governor of Massachusetts.

Senior Obama Campaign Adviser David Axelrod delivered a hyped-up address outside the Massachusetts State House Thursday to launch their new “Romney economics” focus, attacking Romney’s tenure as Governor of the Bay State.

“Massachusetts stumbled under Gov. Romney. He brought the orientation of a financial engineer who‘s career has not been about generating jobs it’s been about generating short-term profit,” CNN reports Axelrod said from a podium reading “RomneyEconomics.com.”

“This may work in the realm of leveraged buyouts and quick scores. That may work in that world, but it’s not how you build a future.”

Despite Boston’s deep modern Democratic Party roots, the remarks by Axelrod and a group of elected officials during Romney’s tenure (all of whom happen to be Democrats), were met with a strong contingent of Pro-Romney supporters, heckling the speakers with chants that took jabs at the policies of the Obama administration.

“It is great to be in Massachusetts, Obama country,” Axelrod said over chants of ‘SO-LYN-DRA‘ and ’MITT-MITT-MITT.’

“I get tweets from some of these folks so I feel close to them. You can shout down speakers my friends but it is hard to etch-a-sketch the truth away.”

BuzzFeed caught video of the protesters drowning out Axelrod with bullhorns and chants of “WHERE ARE THE JOBS, WHERE ARE THE JOBS.”

At one point, Axelrod responded with dialogue reminiscent of an Aaron Sorkin film, “You can’t handle the truth my friends.”

Axelrod’s speech comes the day that the Obama campaign released a new video and onslaught of attacks on the site RomneyEconomics.com, claiming that upon leaving the State House, Gov. Romney left behind debt, continued budget increases, higher taxes, and fewer jobs.

CNN reports that before the Axelrod-led event, two Republican state representatives took to the same steps to defend Romney’s Massachusetts record on job creation, saying he generated more jobs while governor than President Barack Obama has in his first term.

“The beautiful thing about the contrast here today with Gov. Romney and President Obama is that it’s an apples to apples comparison. Both men took office as chief executives in a time of recession, in a time of downturn in the economy, look at the track record both men have to show for it,” state Rep. Dan Winslow told reporters. “Romney had job creation in Massachusetts with net jobs created that exceed the number of net jobs created in the entire Untied States under the Obama administration.”

The Boston Globe captured video of the competing press conferences and protest:

While the Obama campaign went to Boston to deliver what has been built up as a major pillar in their arsenal against Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee made an unannounced appearance outside one of the shuttered offices of Solyndra, the solar energy company that went bankrupt after receiving government loans. Ashley R. Parker of the New York Times tweeted this photo from Romney’s Solyndra appearance Thursday afternoon:
Protests at Obama Campaign Event in Boston, Romney Makes Appearance at Solyndra Offices

Mitt Romney at Solyndra Offices (Ashley Parker/ NYTimes/ Twitter)

Romney attacked the president’s green energy record during his remarks in front of the offices in Fremont, California. He said that a $535 million loan to Solyndra represented a conflict of interest because it benefited some of Obama’s campaign contributors, while the loan also discouraged others from starting similar companies.

This is a developing story, check back for updates.

Comments (96)

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  • inferno
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:40pm

    Pundits keep referring to the McCain campaign when attacking Romney. They are saying MCcCain didn’t say this about Obama, McCain did not do this or that, when campaigning against Obama. My point ! Mc Cain lost to Obama.

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    • SHOWMESTATEGUY
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:03pm

      And McCain voted for BO. Talk about a Rino!!!!!

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    • TeaPartyForRomney
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:43pm

      Did you see Romney’s response to the Obama attacking hecklers. If Obama can pay supporters than our supporters can go after his rallies: http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2012/may/romney_obama_hecklers.html

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    • TeaPartyForRomney
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:45pm

      Every attack Obama uses on Romney fails. Look at Obama using Deval Patrick to attack Romney and Bain. Patrick came back and defended Bain Capital in the end. His own surrogates are killing the President: http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2012/may/patrick_romney_obama.html

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    • hypnos
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 6:32pm

      It‘s not that we can’t handle the truth. It the fact he can‘t find the truth or can’t recognize it.

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    • Bill Rowland
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 6:46pm

      Sweet Old Barack wouldn’t recognize the truth if it walked up and bit himon the rear end. Axelrod and Jarrett are part of the problem, they tell him how smart he is, how wise his decisions are, how handsome he is, how the people idolize him. Sweet Old Barack believes all this garbage because he has heard it so long, and his brain has been so cooked on drugs.

      OMG 2012 .

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    • Unix
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 8:08pm

      Bout time someone shouted down these liberal liars, good for our side! i wonder what their thinking now? Gee, these people won’t let me speak LOL…if the foo S__ts, wear it!

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    • SavingtheRepublic.com
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:33pm

      I hope this continues after what Romney said today about heckling. The gloves hopefully are coming off this election! This clowns best response to the hecklers chanting “Solyndra” and “where are the jobs” is “you can’t handle the truth”? This isn’t a movie David, you aren’t Jack Nicholson and by invoking that line from the movie you are saying that you guys are in fact the bad guys!

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  • lisa2994
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:37pm

    Finally people are speaking up! I have to take a moment and say thank you to our fellow americans! This is fantastic and needs to be done everytime one of them try and speak! Tired of the one way street!!!!

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    • mtcountrygrl
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 6:13pm

      Yes, but in the spirit of consistancy, I don‘t like liberal shoutdowns and I didn’t like this one either. Let him speak then ask hard questions and hold him to answering them. This administration cannot answer hard questions.

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    • LIBSALWAYSLIE
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 6:47pm

      MTCOUNTRYGIRL, so our speakers get shouted down and not allowed to speak but we should leave there side alone? They can call for a truce any time and we’ll stop if they will first, but dont hold your breath. You have to fight fire with fire. I dont like to have to use these kind of tactics, but we’ve been forced to.

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    • db321
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 6:51pm

      I went to a High School Ball Game a couple of weeks ago and we had a “Moment of Silence”

      I’M TIRED OF BEING SILENT – I’m Speaking up EVERY CHANCE I GET – We are one election away from losing our Freedom of Speech and America as we know it. As long as I have an ounce of Breath left in my body I am going to SHOUT FROM THE ROOF TOPS – OBAMA MUST GO!.

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    • MAMMY_NUNN
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:37pm

      The best tactic is to shout down so they can’t tell more lies give them no chance and boo them out of the city state and country.

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  • frogg
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:30pm

    Still want to know Where are the Jobs? But then again THERE AREN”T ANY!!!! Are there?

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    • Pouncing Porcupine
      Posted on June 1, 2012 at 1:44am

      If I‘ve said this once I’ve said it a thousand times: Make your own flipping job! It‘s not George Bush’s or Barack Obama‘s fault if you don’t have a frigging job. It’s yours! If you don‘t have a job it is because you don’t want one, or you’re not willing to do work that you consider “beneath you”. Well I’ve got news for you, Clyde: No work is beneath you. Lose your Prima Donna attitude and go pound the pavement. There is LOTS of work out there. I know because I am having to turn work down almost every week because I don’t have time to do it all. You want a freakin’ job? Go down to Wally World, buy a stinking shovel for $10, put a FREE ad on craigslist, and *BAM* you‘re in business as Joe’s Hole Digging Co. Get creative for cryin’ out loud, but for God’s sake, quit whining that there’s no jobs! Make your own!!!

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  • buyundbuy
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:24pm

    Obama is one liberal burnt toast.
    Care to have Bacon Fat on both sides~?

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  • EqualJustice
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:23pm

    I LOVE that they are getting a taste of their OWN MEDICINE! Funny how Axelrod does NOT like being rudely interrupted and unable to speak! HAHAHAHAHA Where’s the “glitter bomber”? :)

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    • rickc34
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:20pm

      Yeah keep up the work go after the prez we all know how thin skinned he is.

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  • okredstate
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:21pm

    Axelrod=SLUG Slimy and slow to learn

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    • JRook
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:29pm

      What no mention of Mark Kirk and his fiscal restraint and use ethical use of campaign donations.

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    • hypnos
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 6:34pm

      Change the subject again jrook. Stay focused

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 6:59pm

      Hey Rook,

      That post was very JZSish.

      Right down to the strange wording mistake.

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  • Skee
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:18pm

    Axlefraud‘s campaign commercial against Romney sounded like it was describing Obama’s term.
    If both are losers then it comes down to Romney having a nicer head of hair.

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    • LowIncome
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:37pm

      It is interesting how the Obama campaign uses that video, due to the stark comparisons to his own first term as President. But on the bright side, GM is still alive and Bin Laden is dead, right? So knowing things are going to get worse in 2013 and 2014 due to the ACA (Obamacare), wouldn’t most people who are conservative rather Obama stay in office and have a republican controlled house, including the senate? Think about it, if Romney wins the election and things go sour, as they will, that will only give more firepower to the progressives. It would pretty much put the last nail in the coffin for the GOP. Having a republican/ democrat in the oval office is not the most important thing. It is who occupies the separate wings of the capitol as they are the ones who actually are supposed to be writing legislation.
      What worries me is the lame-duck session if in fact somehow Romney wins. What sort of legislation will be passed just to take effect after Jan 20 2013 to set up the failure of the Romney Admin? The president really only has the power to sign or veto bills. Executive orders have been misused for decades and should only be used to make changes in the executive branch, not make wars or send money places.

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    • cheyenne1028
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:24pm

      hahaha..that was funny :)

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    • docgreen
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 8:41pm

      lowincome

      I don’t believe we have five more years! If Obama gets re-elected were screwed!… He’s allready doing sh_t thats not constitutional! He wants to give our Natural resources to the UN, he wants to give the UN our National Waters, he aslo wants to givbe the EPA more rights so they can charge more for energy. If he gets re-elected, this MF is going to destroy the US. Him and his admin has allready done a great job at it. This will be a million times worse of this POS gets re-elected!…….. Keep in mind, if he does win he will sign more executive orders that literally destroy everything. Farther left than anyone wants to go. Why? Because at that point he has nothing to lose!… I‘m more afraid that he’ll lose this, and before Romney‘s sworn in he’ll cause an economic collapse of the Dollar, destroying all other currencies!…. And staying in poer through Martial Law. Were Screwed! One more thing about Obama care, if it does stay look for the Deficit to increase by about two to four Trillion in the first year. If you add 40million more people to a health care system, do you think prices won’t go up? Its allready going up! Short on Doctors and Nurses, and then the Elderly; who do you think is going to take care of them? They won’t! It won’t pay. Look at this selective abortions, this is a step for our Govt. to step in and stop people from having children. They have to reduce the Earths Population by 2/3rds. They’re talking about it allready!

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  • Depressed_American
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:13pm

    Hey Mr. Axelrod why don‘t you and the Democrats focus on President Obama’s record over the last 3.5 years….. OOOOPPPPSSSS!!!! You can’t because it would turn into a campaign endorsement for Mr. Romney.

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    • 338lapua
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:36pm

      5 more months!
      5 more months!
      (only) 5 more months!!!!!!!

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  • GaryInTheMiddle
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:10pm

    This needs to happen when Obutthead speaks (a.k.a. lies)

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  • Holy_Crap
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:09pm

    Gonzo
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:00pm
    Axlegrease can‘t believe they’re not chanting “Barack Hussein Obama mmm mmm mmm”. Get outside of your Chicago bubble and see how the country really feels about your beloved Barry!

    Gonzo…You sure have it correct when you call this ignorant Liberal Axlegrease, because he sure is one slippery SOB!!!!! That would mean (Sorry Old Boy) Yah, it sure does.

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  • dioheerai
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:06pm

    what liberal fools never realized is that alinsky tactics cut both ways.
    Mitt Romney is no John Mc cain

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    • barber2
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:16pm

      Yes. And even doubt that Alinsky ever hid his school records or changed his name mid-stream ! Amazing bunch of deceptive Lefties. Guess they figured that no one would notice all of this ? They really must think American are already as dumb as the Left needs their constituents to be to vote for them !

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    • CatB
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:22pm

      I agree .. and conservatives need to be on the OFFENSIVE .. keep Obama on the defensive.

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    • PATTY HENRY
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:40pm

      @ DIO. You got that right. Mitt is no pushover and he’s not about to sit back and let the Chicago-street thugs take over this country and enslave everyone for their own benefit.. (Apologies to Chicago a place with many wonderful people) I think that this past 6 years (from 2006) have shown ALL of us how damaging LIBERAL Dems can be to our Country. They are Immature, no-Faith people who cannot connect the dots…like that SILLY WOMAN Elizabeth Warren who thinks that the RICH people in America owe all the rest of us $$ because they used roads/schools we all paid for. THE OBVIOUS question BACK to her is: WHY isn’t everyone Rich??? !! Except she thinks like a victimized-one note immature dope. WE have some serious house cleaning to do. We have people who should be charged as TRAITORS. PEOPLE in that WH who have LEAKED critical information to the Press…that’s treason. We have had our schools infiltrated with Marxist/Commies, our kids being brainwashed into singing “DICTATOR STYLE” Obama songs…lies and more lies and faux figures from
      accounting offices…and total disregard for our CONSTITUTION. Just remember OBAMA saying “I don’t need the Congress”. We need to stand up locally, Statewide and Nationally and make sure this never, ever, ever happens in America again. MITT is the MAN who can take this on and turn this around!! I hope he picked RUBIO for Veep!!!

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  • barber2
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:06pm

    Hey, Axelrod : Nice going. Only one problem : Mitt Romney actually HAS a record. All your guy has are some autobiographies and some hidden school records ! Duh. How dumb do you think we are….this time around ? Didn’t your mommy ever teach you that ” fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me ” saying ? Pul-leeze….

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  • FedUpAlready
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:06pm

    When Super Delegates Kerry and Kennedy, went against the wishes of Massachusetts Democrats, and voted Obama, instead of Clinton, they turned the voting tide in Massachusetts. Voters got to see, just how much they were respected, by the Democratic Party. Massachusetts didn’t want Obama last time, they definitely don’t want him this time. Romney 2012

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  • Logic77
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:06pm

    His campaign slogans didn’t work, I wonder why? hahahahaha Reality hit him hard.

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    • rosegrower
      Posted on June 1, 2012 at 11:30am

      It’s really hard to brag about the jobs your boss has created when 9% of your audience is unemployed. Axelrod is right – we can’t handle the truth, because the truth is Obama is destroying this country.

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  • goahead.makemyday
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:04pm

    YOU CAN”T HANDLE THE TRUTH! So you’ve been lying to us this entire time?! Where in AMERICA are the jobs Obama said he would CREATE not SAVE? We have saved three million jobs to date. So what? Tell the people who have lost their jobs that oops sorry your job wasn’t one of the ones we saved. Until there is a net increase in jobs since ANY person took office I say that person has failed when it comes to the economy. Sorry about the rant, that line has always rubbed me the wrong way. But really people point out to me something Obama has done to save me money that wasn’t already in place. Show me something that Obama has supported that would have a positive net impact on our national debt. Those two things are what I judge candidates on when it comes to the economy. As for Romney you have to look at what he was in charge over. That was his companies and Mass. To be a bit blunt, Obama has done a lot worse on the economy than Mitt did for Mass.

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  • momprayn
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:01pm

    LOL – hope there’s more of these demonstrations. Lefties aren’t used to that and probably surprised him. No, Mr. Axelrod, we do know the truth, that’s the big problem. There’s no way they are going to gain anything by all these old, tired strategies anymore. Too many are on to all that now and finally countering instead of letting them run all over us. Romney isn’t my favorite, but I have no doubt he and his campaign will do a fantastic job of showing Obama up re the economy, jobs.
    I just wish at least surrogates would start stating the other dangers re Obama and his evil regime – the dangers if they are re-elected – and it’s more than just the economy !!
    Best thorough summary of the “real” Obama I’ve seen that I hope goes viral (which should have before 08 election but too many didn’t want to check but hope they do this time):

    http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/10/how-could-stanl.html

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  • GO-FOR-LIBERTY
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:00pm

    More please, louder and more often.

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  • Mandors
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:00pm

    The truth is that Barry is a failure and a pathological liar. He didn’t save the auto industry, he bailed out the Union. He didn’t fix health care, he mucked it up worse than it was. He didn’t close Guantanamo, when he promised the Obamorons he would. He reversed DADT, when he said he wasn’t going to. He supported gay marriage, when he said he did not. He indiscriminately kills foreign nationals, when he criticized Bush for doing the same thing. He said he would not run for reelection if he didn’t fix the economy, but is somehow running. He called for the end of corporate welfare and crony capitalism, then gave billions to his friends in and campaign supporters in “green energy.” He promised to be the most transparent WH in history.

    The only clear thing about this president is that where Obama hasn’t failed, he has lied.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:00pm

    Axlegrease can‘t believe they’re not chanting “Barack Hussein Obama mmm mmm mmm”. Get outside of your Chicago bubble and see how the country really feels about your beloved Barry!

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    • rawmilker
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:24pm

      ***** Axelrod, obama, his campaign & the Chicago way! Once we get them out of the WH, then its time to begin the investigations and put him in prison for treason, sedition, fraud and forgery….

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  • Jeff1000
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 3:59pm

    To discredit the argument that Massachusetts was 47th in job creation under Romney is to point out that the unemployment rate was 4.7%. Massachusetts was fully employed under Romney.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:04pm

      Democrats never let facts get in the way of a good political attack.

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  • rightwingheroes
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 3:59pm

    It’s almost time to refresh the tree of liberty…..

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  • Want our country back
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 3:59pm

    Romney – LOVE 15

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  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 3:56pm

    Where are the jobs? The government‘s hiring and that’s the problem because the bigger government gets the smaller the private sector gets which is bad for liberty.

    If government would get out of the way and stop regulating businesses out of business we might have a chance of turning this around,and one big step in doing that is firing the Marxist heathen and putting an adult capitalist in the white house.

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    • Mil-Dot
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:04pm

      You have to remember. There would be no regulation without the enforcement goons-the cops. Without their support for the govt regulations squads, we would be free and prosperous. As long as they get theirs, to hell with us.

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  • blanco5
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 3:53pm

    I love it when we use the demonrat methods against themselves!!!

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    • barber2
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:10pm

      Yes. Time for some serious MIC checks and some ACORN bullhorn tactics ! We have learned much over the past 3 1 / 2 years witnessing the Masters of Nasty behaviors….. aka, the Democrat Party.

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  • Turtleman
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 3:51pm

    WOW… conservatives are finally finding their voice!

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